Answer:
56
Step-by-step explanation:
Given that there are 8 candidates for student government: Hal, Mary, Ann, Frank, Beth, John, Emily, and Tom.
The three candidates that receive the highest number of votes become candidates for a runoff election.
i.e. 3 persons out of 8 to be selected for becoming candidates for a runoff election.
Since order does not matter we use combinations here
3 persons out of 8 can be done in 8C3 ways
= 56
no of 3-candidate combinations possible are 56
